Willkie Accepts GOP Nomination at Elwood Rally
Wendell Willkie formally accepted the Republican presidential nomination in Elwood Indiana in front of a vast sweltering crowd. He urged public debates with President Roosevelt on major issues and pressed for selective military service as needed for national defense. Willkie criticized foreign policy and warned against a war he said the nation is unprepared for while urging peace as a duty of the presidency. The huge turnout filled Callaway Park with thousands overnight as he recalled his boyhood days in the area and received formal nomination notification from Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr.
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Elwood
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Mike Morrissey
Indianapolis
Homer Capehart
Callaway Park
Willkie
United States
Europe
Rushville
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Republican National Committee
Martin
McNary
Ickes
Great Britain
Hitler
England
Mr. Willkie
Falls Rechristened to Honor J. D. Ryan at Ryan Plant
Great Falls Montana August 17 ceremonies marked the renaming of the Volta hydroelectric plant on the Missouri River to the Ryan development in honor of John D. Ryan for his work damming Montana rivers for energy. Cornelius F Kelley of New York City, chairman of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, delivered the principal address and praised Ryan's lifelong contributions to mining and hydroelectric power.
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Great Falls
Montana
Great Rivers
John D. Ryan
Big Falls
Missouri
Volta
Ryan
Missouri River
Cornelius F. Kelley
New York City
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Kelley
War Department awards contracts for 404 military training planes
The War Department sped defense purchases by awarding contracts for 404 training aircraft. Beech Aircraft of Wichita received 3.410 million for 67 planes, Stearman division of Boeing in Wichita got 2.042 million for 337 planes. Navy also announced an 18.013 million contract for improvement work at San Pedro base.
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Washington
War Department
Defense
Beech Aircraft Corporation
Wichita
Kan
Stearman Aircraft Division
Boeing Airplane Company
Navy Department
San Pedro
Calif
Roosevelt Endorsed by Unemployed in Chicago Meeting
A conference of unemployed and WPA workers in Chicago adopted a resolution endorsing President Roosevelt for reelection. The meeting, called by David Lasser who resigned as Workers' Alliance president, criticized communist domination claims.
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Chicago
WPA
American Security Union
Roosevelt
David Lasser
Workers’ Alliance
Westlake Elected Peace Officers Head
Livingston Aug 17 Sheriff Lovett I Westlake of Gallatin county was elected president of the Montana Sheriff's and Peace Officers association at the convention closing session. Other officers named include Barney Larson Anaconda first vice president Taylor Darroch Livingston second vice president Cecil Alsup Shelby third vice president John D Gillan Helena secretary treasurer reelected plus John W Mountjoy Boulder director for five years Dillon chosen for 1941 convention.
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Livingston
Lovett I. Westlake
Gallatin County
Montana Sheriff’s and Peace Officers Association
Barney Larson
Anaconda
Taylor Darroch
Cecil Alsup
Shelby
John D. Gillan
Helena
John W. Mountjoy
Boulder
Dillon
Billings Fair Breaks Attendance Records
The Midland Empire fair in Billings closed its 1940 run with more than 90 000 visitors over six days and nights. Fair officials announced new all time daily and grandstand attendance records, surpassing 1939 figures by several thousand.
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Billings Gazette
Gates
Fair Management
Harry L. Fitton
Ickes Attacks Willkie Over Acceptance Speech
Secretary Ickes labeled Wendell Willkie a barefoot Wall Street lawyer and accused him of unpatriotic demagoguery in a radio reply to Willkie’s acceptance address. He criticized Willkie for challenging Roosevelt on debates while praising select policies and questioned Willkie’s foreign policy assertions.
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Washington
Ickes
Wendell Willkie
Wall Street
Roosevelt
Willkie
Elwood
Ind
Interior Department
United States
Britain
Old Big Timber Resident Josie Kline Dies in Livingston
Josie Kline, longtime Big Timber resident and hotel cafe operator, died Thursday in Livingston's Lott Hospital at age 79. Born in Sweden in 1870, she lived in Alexander Minnesota before moving to Big Timber in 1890, later operating several eateries and hotels including the Elite in Livingston. Funeral services were held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, with burial in Mountain View Cemetery.
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Josie Kline
Big Timber
Livingston Hospital
Livingston
Lott Hospital
Sweden
Alexander, Minn
Grand Hotel
Frank Bliss
Grand
Valley Market
Elite Hotel
Livingston Enterprise Block
George H. Wright
The
Paver
James A. Murray
Enterprise
Main Street
Murray
Murray Hotel
Kline
Lower Main Street
W. F. Kirby
South Sec
Ond Street
Frank Kline
Nevada
Maud
William Sherwood
Boulder Valley
Washington
Roosevelt
Monana
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
Webster H. Clement
Mountain View
Two Marriages Solemnized Sunday at Big Timber
Miss Ruth Oie and Charles Schuler wed at the Oie cabin in Boulder with Rev. J. Stanley Bellinger officiating. The couple, a honeymoon trip to California, will settle in Sunburst Montana after September first. Also Frances Cort and Theophil Strobel married by Rev. Bellinger at the bride's parents home, with a two week honeymoon in eastern Montana and Canada.
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Oie
Ruth Oie
Severin Ole
Charles Schuler
Mae Schuler
Great Falls
J. Stanley Bellinger
Harlowton
Arnold Johnson
Melville
Joe Schuler Polson
Johnson
Kay Johnson
Suzanne Bellinger
Lohengrin
Bellinger
Suzanne Harlowton
Ed Sundermeir
Lois
Shelby
Joe Schuler
Joe. Polson
George Higgins
J. Frank Cox
Billings
Kay
S. Die
Big Timber
Dick Strobel
Trobel
Big Timber Cafe
Montana
Canada
Lavold
Alfred Egeland
Harry Reid
Livingston
Clara Elliott
Jeanne Claire Esp
Golden Rule
Strobel
Bouse Chevrolet
RFC Funds Advance to Expand Plane Production
Washington Aug 21 Jesse Jones federal loan administrator announced the reconstruction finance corporation had issued commitments totaling 78 5 million for expanding aircraft production The largest 51 million to Curtiss Wright to enlarge existing plants and likely add a new plant A 17 006 million allocation to Bendix Aviation for plant and machinery expansion A 10 500 million grant to Boeing Aircraft for Seattle and Wichita upgrades Jones estimated 7 to 8 million for Seattle with the rest for Wichita
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Washington
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Curtiss-Wright Manufacturing Company
Bendix Aviation Company
Boeing Aircraft Company
Seattle
Wash
Wichita Kan
Jones
Wichita
Roosevelt declines Willkie debate in campaign year
President Roosevelt told reporters at the summer White House in Hyde Park that he will not engage in political campaigning or debate with Wendell Willkie. He cited defense needs and ongoing discussions with Britain on naval and air bases in the Western Hemisphere as shaping his actions this year.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Britain
United States
White House
Naval Air Base
Willkie
Elwood
Ind
Annual 4-H Club and Rural School Fair at Big Timber
The 4 H club vocational agriculture and rural school fair will run August 30 and 31 at the Big Timber fairgrounds. A two day program includes judging contests, dress revue, showmanship, band concert, songs, skits, home demonstration hour, a Farm Bureau program, softball, and races.
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Big Timber
Sweet Grass County
Meri An Mather
Howard Forsythe, Jr
R. E Cameron
Sweet Grass County Farm Bureau
Meri
An Mather
Bullitt warns Hitler will target America if Britain falls
Ambassador William C. Bullitt warned in Independence Square Philadelphia that Hitler will attack the United States if Great Britain is defeated. He urged national service, conscription lobby to Congress, and backing Pershing’s plan to send destroyers to Britain.
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Philadelphia
William C. Bullitt
United States
France
Hitler
Great Britain
England
America
Independence Square
Washington
John J. Pershing
Britain
Bullitt
Paris
International
French Republic
American Philosophical Society
Cradle of Liberty
Americas
State Department
Western Hemisphere
Cleveland Plain Dealer backs Willkie for president
The Cleveland Plain Dealer announced on August 20 its support for Republican candidate Wendell L. Willkie in a front page editorial. The paper said it remains democratic and accused the Roosevelt administration of abandoning the democracy associated with Jefferson, Jackson, Cleveland, and Wilson.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Jefferson
Jackson
Wilson
Democrats to distribute free campaign books nationwide
New York August 17 Oliver A Quayle Jr democratic national committee treasurer said Democrats would distribute campaign books free to party workers. He stated the advertising campaign had ended with all costs paid and Wendell Willkie had warned against fund raising books as Hatch Act violations. Quayle said all transactions were concluded before the bill enacted.
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New York
Oliver A. Quayle, Jr
Democratic National Committee
Wendell L. Willkie
Quayle
Voters urged to register properly for Montana millage and bonds
Secretary of State Sam Mitchell warned Montana voters with property in one county but residing in another to prove their status to vote on the university millage levy and two college bond issues. Voters must certify as taxpayers in their voting county by notifying their county clerks, with November ballots including a 3.5 mill university levy and $800,000 Bozeman college bond plus $500,000 for Warm Springs hospital buildings.
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Helena
Montana
Sam Mitchell
University
Plate College
Mitchell
State University of Montana
State Mental Hospital
Warm Springs
State College
Bozeman
Pepper Hanged in Effigy at Capitol Protest
More than 100 women from the Congress of American Mothers hung an effigy of Senator Claude Pepper of Florida on the Capitol lawn in Washington. Delegates from multiple states said they represented 10000 members nationwide and protested conscription and what they called un American activities. Capitol police intervened as the group dragged the dummy to a maple tree and cut it down after a police knife removed the rope. Pepper supported compulsory military training and aid to Great Britain.
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Washington
Congress of American Mothers
Claude Penner
Florida
Capitol Lawn
Indiana
Minnesota
Michigan
Illinois
California
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Capitol
Claude
Benedict Arnold
Pep
W. H. Firtle
Pittsburgh
Great Britain
United States and Canada Forge Joint Continental Defense
U S and Canada agreed on a permanent joint defense board to study sea land and air security for the northern half of the western hemisphere. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the plan after a private railway car meeting near the St Lawrence River.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
United States
Canada
Roosevelt
W. L. Mackenzie King
Board of Defense
Armed Services
St. Lawrence River
Kingston
Ontario
British Empire
North America
Joint Board
Europe
Atlantic
Canadians
Americas
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